Sunday, April 26, 2015

Drag Gone Fly

A little card inspired making a dragonfly for the pond set. I had crackled onto clear plastic with black ink and laminated it onto dichroic film for his wings. He'll fly around the plants above the pond to finish off the pond's cast of characters.

Welcome to Halfland!

The most fun I could ever imagine is being made right in my house. Thank you for stopping by!

Rana

Wise Goat Woman, Rana, whose animal half is usually hidden beneath her layers of skirts. She lives in the perfect warmth of Summer during the day, taking cover overnight in her cozy half tree half cottage to endure the Winter cold darkness of night. She keeps Time and weaves as she observes the Seasons move in measures across Halfland.

Urhu

Serpent Sage Musician, Urhu, half serpent, half man, lives in the golden sands of the Secret Season where he plays sacred instruments that can encourage our best thoughts to grow and flower.

In The New York Times!

Very proud to say that Halfland was featured in writer Robert Ito's New York Times article on independent stop motion artists archived on their site: Stop. Snap. Move. Repeat for, Oh, 10 or 20 Years."In the studio town of Los Angeles, stop-motion animators are making small films of very personal visions at home for almost no money..." Go and Read it! Fun!

36 Minute Documentary!

36 minute, in depth documentary-style interview that John Ikuma filmed, edited, and produced about the project. Halfland featured in his web series, In the Shadows of Light: episode 2. A tour of the loft workshop and all that was going on in Halfland back in 2010.

Regular Visitors to 1/2L! (Heartfelt thanks to each!)

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Make a fun Sea Creature for Halfland's Underwater scene...

Extra Bonus Points for a Half/Word-Pun of some kind. Ask yourself what sort of creature would dwell in an ocean world of a land where everything is half of something else?!

Roll cursor over "notes" to read captions about each hand-crafted puppet that has already been made for the project by the fine readers of this blog! There's still time to make your own small fish and send it in! Thanks so much to everyone for the incredible fish they've already made for Halfland and for those working on making one now! These are the most wonderful marvelous things and will make the underwater scene a total RIOT! Can you imagine all the great critters doing their thing under the water?! I'm hoping to crowd the little ocean floor set with all your creativity!! So great.

Please email me at: nobledesign[at]sbcglobal[dot]net to get the address to send your wonderful creation. Be sure to include a note in the package with your name and link as you'd like it to read in the film credits. --THANK YOU so much!

Today's Cool Find

Can anyone guess why I LOVE THESE ADS from Solar City??? Hmmmm, I wonder....